Psalm 146:9 (WEB)
The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
Fathers and councils · 4
Ambrose of Milan
“And elsewhere: “The Lord shall maintain the orphan and the widow.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlvi. [cxlv.] 9.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.15Conference III
“…wise the blind:” no care on our part, but “the Lord careth for the stranger:” no courage of ours, but “the Lord assists (or supports) all those who are down.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. (cxlvi.) 7, 8, 9; cxliv. (cxlv.) 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Just as thou hast; “the Lord, guardeth proselytes” (ver. 9).” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“We have a greater Guardian whose law it is that all should take good care of orphans and widows and about whom the divine David says “The Lord relieveth the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlvi. 9
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.15.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.15.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.